ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The National Science Foundation, through its Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Program, has awarded a grant of $164,753 to the SUNY College at Oneonta to support the introduction of computational chemistry to the College’s chemistry curriculum through a graduated approach. The project, which is entitled "PREDICT" for "Predicting Results and Evaluating Data using Insights from Computational Techniques," will be coordinated by Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty members Jacqueline Bennett as principal investigator and Kelly Gallagher and Trudy Thomas-Smith as co-principal investigators.
PREDICT is designed to facilitate students’ ability to transfer and develop skills throughout the entire undergraduate chemistry curriculum from general chemistry through advanced courses. Activities will combine hands-on experimental components with in-depth complementary computational exercises to demonstrate how microscopic phenomena lead to larger properties. Chemistry students will gain an enhanced understanding of the nature of matter by using computational chemistry to visualize molecular properties and processes.
Through the grant, Drs. Bennett, Gallagher, and Thomas-Smith will also share the educational materials that they develop through the SUNY Oneonta Chemistry and Biochemistry Department website and through the National Science Digital Library database. Materials for non-chemistry majors will be shared with local educators through the Science Discovery Center at SUNY Oneonta.
PREDICT is expected to reach more than 750 individual students each academic year, including approximately 115 pre-service teachers at SUNY Oneonta. The materials will help non-chemistry majors visualize the microscopic interactions of matter, which will improve their scientific literacy and help them develop other skills.
More information about the National Science Foundation grant and the
PREDICT project is available from Dr. Bennett at (607) 436-3431.
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